Present: J.Lowell (chair), K.Frohmberg, T.Havens, B.Hurley, B.Kornstein,
B.Krell (recorder), L.Leighton, E.Meltzer, R.Moon, B.Morgan, M.Rancer,
J.Spohrer, F.Yasaki.
Absent: L.Braunschweiger, J.Dost, C.Faulhaber.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
--Campus is expected to approve the student assistant pay rate increases
effective 7-1-99. The new rates are $7.50 per hour for SAII and $8.50 per hour
for SAIII.
--M.Rancer will make a presentation to selectors on the basics of endowments,
similar to the presentation given at the campus Chief Administrative Officers
group.
--The campus Campaign on Excellence in Higher Education will be placed on the
list of agenda topics for a future presentation to Roundtable.
--The Instructional Technology Program was successfully completed. A total of
20 faculty members attended a combination of workshops and hands-on labs.
C.Faulhaber was the keynote speaker with presentations by the Teaching Library
staff.
--Prof. A.Agogino has been appointed Faculty Assistant for Educational
Technology. She will assume management of the Instructional Technology Program
effective 7-1-99.
--Installation of the public service pc workstations is progressing with 450-C
Moffitt expected to be completed by the end of July.
A G E N D A
1. SOPAG Meeting Highlights --B.Hurley
--The CDL RFP for a commercially provided fulfillment system to be used by the
Melvyl Request service has been cancelled. The cost/benefit analysis of the
RFP responses indicated that this was not the time to proceed with this
purchase.
--The University Librarians have agreed in principle to expand the Melvyl
Request service to include journal article delivery. Additional implementation
information is being gathered and we expect a final decision from the ULs at
their next meeting.
--UC Berkeley has two representatives, K.Frohmberg and S.Miller, on the newly
formed CDL Task Force on Collaborative Strategies for Archiving Print in the
Digital Environment.
--The TFER2 report recommendation on creating cataloging standards is linked to
the creation of a central catalog agency. SOPAG is organizing a test in which
UCSD will pilot the Melvyl displays.
--Library of Congress is planning to convert their Chinese transliterations to
the Pinyin method from Wade-Giles. SOPAG has formed a committee, suggested by
HOTS, to review the impact this will have on local catalogs and Melvyl.
--HOTS proposed and SOPAG accepted a proposal to organize a series of workshops
for catalogers on metadata, including descriptive, structural, and
administrative metadata issues.
2. Pathfinder II Task Force Recommendations --J.Lowell, R.Moon
Cabinet reviewed the Pathfinder II Task Force Recommendations after the
Roundtable discussion earlier in the day. Cabinet decided actions for each
recommendation as listed below:
--Enhancements, improvements, and fixes of current functionality.
These recommendations have largely been accomplished.
Approved all for production by fall semester.
--Proposals for new indexes that would allow for improved and more accurate
search results.
Implementation of these proposals would not be part of the initial
release of Pathfinder II.
Referred to the Public Services Council for a decision about inclusion
in the production version.
--New functionalities that may be new in concept, require significant
programming, or require ongoing commitment.
a. Ask-a-question reference service.
Approved for inclusion in the experimental version but referred to the Public
Services Council for a decision about inclusion in the production version.
b. Cross-database searching.
Approved for inclusion in the experimental version but referred to the Public
Services Council for a decision about inclusion in the production version.
c. Item-level information.
Approved for adoption provided implementation by fall semester is feasible
given the resources available to Systems Office. R.Moon will analyze and
report back to Cabinet.
d. Linking to remote Z39.50 databases.
Approved for inclusion in the experimental version but referred to the Public
Services Council for a decision about inclusion in the production version.
e. Call number searching.
Approved for adoption provided implementation by fall semester is feasible
given the resources available to Systems Office. R.Moon will analyze and
report back to Cabinet.
f. Paging requests for NRLF materials and titles held by other UC
campuses.
Approved for adoption provided implementation by fall semester is feasible
given the resources available to Systems Office. R.Moon will analyze and
report back to Cabinet.
g. Do-it-yourself renewals and inventories.
Approved for adoption provided implementation by fall semester is feasible
given the resources available to Systems Office. R.Moon will analyze and
report back to Cabinet.
h. Course reserves gateway.
Approved for adoption provided implementation by fall semester is feasible
given the resources available to Systems Office. R.Moon will analyze and
report back to Cabinet.
i. Highlight searched words in results.
Referred to the Public Services Council for a decision about inclusion in the
production version.
j. Improve display of diacritics and special characters.
Referred to the Public Services Council for a decision about inclusion in the
production version.
--Introducing Pathfinder II to Library staff followed by release to the public
by fall semester.
Approved the timeline for discussion, announcement, link from the Library Home
Page, demonstration Early Bird, and public release.
Cabinet congratulated the task force for its exemplary report, thoughtful
recommendations, and commended the test site design.
The report: http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/Admin/PATH2.html
The test site: http://sunsite2.berkeley.edu:4020/
3. Farewell to EAL Director Havens
Cabinet expressed sincere thanks to Tom Havens for his astute leadership over
the years as director of the East Asian Library, as he departs Berkeley to join
the faculty and serve as chair of the history department at Northeastern
University.